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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT HOUSE BILL 1389 Chapter 155, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION TIMBER PURCHASE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS—EXPIRATION DATE EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the House March 10, 2025 Yeas 93 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2025 Yeas 48 Nays 0 JOHN LOVICK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1389 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved April 24, 2025 9:02 AM FILED April 24, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington HOUSE BILL 1389 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Representatives Bernbaum, Orcutt, Springer, Dent, Schmick, Parshley, Richards, Simmons, Reed, and Tharinger Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources. AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date for reporting requirements on timber purchases; amending RCW 84.33.088; and providing an expiration date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 84.33.088 and 2021 c 24 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: (1) A purchaser of privately owned timber in an amount in excess of 200,000 board feet in a voluntary sale made in the ordinary course of business must, on or before the last day of the month following the purchase of the timber, report the particulars of the purchase to the department as required in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The report required in subsection (1) of this section must contain all information relevant to the value of the timber purchased including, but not limited to, the following, as applicable: Purchaser's name, address, and contact information; seller's name, address, and contact information; sale date; termination date in sale agreement; total sale price; legal description of sale area, sale name if applicable; forest practice application/harvest permit number if available; total acreage involved in the sale; estimated net volume of timber purchased by tree species and log grade; and description and value of property improvements. For the purposes of this subsection property improvements may include, but are not limited to: Road construction or road improvements, reforestation, land clearing, stock piling of rock, or any other agreed upon property improvement. A report may be submitted in any reasonable form or, at the purchaser's option, by submitting relevant excerpts of the timber sales contract. A purchaser may comply by submitting the information in the following form: Purchaser's name, address, and contact information:. . . . Seller's name, address, and contact information:. . . . Sale date:. . . . Termination date:. . . . Total sale price:. . . . Legal description of sale area:. . . . Sale name (if applicable):. . . . Forest practice application/Harvest permit number (if available):. . . . Total acreage involved:. . . . Estimated net volume of timber purchased by tree species and log grade:. . . . Description and value of property improvements, such as road construction or road improvements, reforestation, land clearing, stock piling of rock, or any other agreed upon property improvement:. . . . . . . . (3) A purchaser of privately owned timber involved in a purchase described in subsection (1) of this section, who fails to report a purchase as required, may be liable for a penalty of $250 for each failure to report, as determined by the department. (4) Privately purchased timber reports are confidential taxpayer information under RCW 82.32.330. (5) This section expires September 30, ((2025 ))2029 . Passed by the House March 10, 2025. Passed by the Senate April 15, 2025. Approved by the Governor April 24, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 24, 2025.
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